Lee Newton Edible Garden Clean up
2024-04-30 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Join us as we prep the Lee Newton Edible Garden for the season. We will be doing some weeding, pruning, fertilizing, adding new plants, and giving the garden a fresh layer of mulch to revive the garden after a cold winter.

Come have fun!Tools and gloves will be provided.No experience required.

Garden Clean-up: Lee Newton Park
2024-06-11 12:00 - 14:00 | Lee Newton Memorial Park, Jasper, Ga, 599 Stegall Dr, Jasper, Georgia, 30143
It’s time to clean up the Lee Newton Park Edible Pickens Garden. We will be doing some weeding, fertilizing, planting and mulching in the garden and we would love it if you could come join us!

Tools provided.No experience required.FREE

Garden Clean-Up: Edible Pickens Progress Garden
2024-06-13 12:00 - 14:00 | Pickens Progress Edible Pickens Garden, 94 Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143
Did you know there was a garden in the Pickens Progress Parking Lot? We have garden beds around each light post and it’s time to clean up this edible garden. We will be doing some weeding, fertilizing, planting and mulching in the garden and we would love it if you could come join us!

Tools provided.No experience required.FREE

Garden Clean-up: Edible Pickens Office Garden
2024-06-18 12:00 - 14:00 | Keep Pickens Beautiful Office, 56 South Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
Our Office garden is in full bloom! As exciting as this is, it’s time to clean things up. There are many flowers and seeds that we can harvest, plants to prune, some need fertilizing. Blueberries are ready to be eaten! And there are tons of weeds creeping in… We would love it if you could come join us in some garden fun.

Tools provided.No experience required.FREE

Help Fertilize the CARES Community Garden
2024-07-11 08:00 | CARES For Pickens, 89 Cares Drive, Jasper, GA, 39143
We’re looking for a few volunteers to help fertilize the CARES Community Garden! Star CARES volunteer, Shaun, will teach you how to properly fertilize different plants like tomatoes, peppers, squash, herbs, etc! She is passionate about gardening and helping the community thrive. Join her on Thursday, July 11th at 8am (before the day gets too hot!). The more volunteers that show up, the quicker it will go! So please, tell your family and friends and help your community, while learning and having fun.

SERVE PICKENS: Edible Pickens Garden Project
2024-10-19 08:00 - 14:00 | Pickens Progress Edible Pickens Garden, 94 Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143
Join us for SERVE Pickens this year as revitalize the Pickens Progress Edible Garden. We will be doing some garden maintenance, weeding, mulching, fertilizing and adding some cool weather plants. No experience necessary, just bring your smiling face!

FROM THE SERVE PICKENS WEBSITE:

Our day will begin at 8AM with breakfast in Jasper United Methodist Church’s Fellowship Hall where you will meet your Team Leader and get your t-shirt. Then, we will all travel to our volunteer sites for the day. The volunteer times noted are approximate and may vary depending upon the size of the group at the non-profit.

Your Team Leader will contact you before the event to fill you in on all the details, including any required dress, tools needed, and your project’s location.

We are asking all our volunteers to contribute to the Weekend Snack Program and CARES by bringing a plastic jar of peanut butter, or individually wrapped snack such as granola bars, chips, fruit snacks, fruit cups, etc. when you check-in at Jasper UMC.

Please sign up to volunteer by 9/30/2024 to get a t-shirt the day of the event.

REGISTER HERE ON THE SERVE PICKENS’ WEBSITEhttps://www.servepickens.com/volunteer

Edible Pickens: Recycle Center Garden Cleanup
2024-10-29 11:00 - 13:00 | Pickens County Recycling Center, 390 Appalachian Ct, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
Have you noticed the Edible garden we planted at the Pickens County Recycling Center? It sits right at the front entrance in front of the fence in the raised garden bed. This garden is thriving even though we just planted it over the summer! The loving Pickens County Recycle center staff has been taking great care of the garden, and is able to enjoy it daily. We are hosting a cleanup event to help keep this garden thriving through the winter. It needs some weeding done, some harvesting, and some fertilizer. We may even add a few plants if needed! Come show the Recycle Center some love and join us for a few hours as we maintain this Edible Pickens garden.

No experience necessary.Tools and supplies provided.

Edible Pickens: Library Garden Fall Planting
2024-11-05 12:00 - 14:00 | Pickens County Library, 100 Library Lane, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
If you think planting a garden is only for the springtime, think again! There are plenty of herbs and vegetables the love the cool weather of the fall and winter, especially in the mild climate we have here in Georgia. Join us as we plant some cool weather plants in our “Pizza Garden” at the Pickens County Library! Bring your kids, as this garden was created for them to have a space to learn about gardening, and what better place than at the library.

This garden was developed in April this year, so it is still a work in progress. It takes time for the soil to regulate and become a thriving environment for food to grow and flourish. It is situated safely in the parking lot of the Library, a perfect space for your littles to play in the garden. We hope to see you there!

Registration is not required but encouraged.No experience necessary!All plants, tools and supplies are supplied by Keep Pickens Beautiful.

KPB Teen Squad Community Service Hours
2025-04-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Kirby Quinton Historic Cabin (next to the Old Jail at the North end of Main Street), 141 North Main Street, Jasper, GA, 30143, United States
Earn Your Community Service Hours While Working Outdoors to Beautify Your Community!

We have over 10 edible gardens around Pickens County that need caring for and offer weekly hours in different gardens every weekend from 2-4pm. (Day and time may shift based on weather)

Event Location – You will receive the event location details via the email address or phone number you registered with

Gardening Activities Include:

Planting new plants, fertilizing plants, fresh soil, compost and mulch, weeding, watering, pruning, collecting seeds, labeling plants, cleaning up litter around garden, etc.

What Should I Bring?

KPB has gardening tools, but students are encouraged to bring their own,as well as water, sunscreen, bug spray or snacks as needed.

**Please arrive 30 minutes early to your first community service event, or 15 minutes if you’ve already been to allow for preparation and instructions.

Current Gardens

FAQ

Can I bring a friend?

All helpers are welcome as long as students are registered and parent waivers are signed. Keep Pickens Beautiful may confirm verbally with parents.

What if the weather is bad?

If the weather is forecasted to be rainy or stormy or even too hot, we will skip the event planned for that day and pick up with the next scheduled event for the following week.

KPB Teen Squad Community Service Hours
2025-04-06 02:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-13 02:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-19 02:00 - 16:00 | Kirby Quinton Historic Cabin (next to the Old Jail at the North end of Main Street), 141 North Main Street, Jasper, GA, 30143, United States
Earn Your Community Service Hours While Working Outdoors to Beautify Your Community!

We have over 10 edible gardens around Pickens County that need caring for and offer weekly hours in different gardens every weekend from 2-4pm. (Day and time may shift based on weather)

Event Location – You will receive the event location details via the email address or phone number you registered with

Gardening Activities Include:

Planting new plants, fertilizing plants, adding fresh soil, compost and mulch, weeding, watering, pruning, collecting seeds, labeling plants, cleaning up litter around garden, etc.

What Should I Bring?

KPB has gardening tools, but students are encouraged to bring their own,as well as water, sunscreen, bug spray or snacks as needed.

**Please arrive 30 minutes early to your first community service event, or 15 minutes if you’ve already been to allow for preparation and instructions.

Current Gardens

FAQ

Can I bring a friend?

All helpers are welcome as long as students are registered and parent waivers are signed. Keep Pickens Beautiful may confirm verbally with parents.

What if the weather is bad?

If the weather is forecasted to be rainy or stormy or even too hot, we will skip the event planned for that day and pick up with the next scheduled event for the following week.

Edible Pickens: Office Garden
2025-04-17 11:00 - 14:00 | Keep Pickens Beautiful Office, 56 South Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
The Keep Pickens Beautiful office has 2 edible gardens, full of herbs, flowers, fruits and annual veggies. We are hosting a garden workshop to kick start this years garden and series of gardening workshops for the season. We want this garden looking tip top before the Earth Day celebration! Please join us to replenish soil, compost and mulch, plant seeds and plants, and label everything that is planted.

We have all the tools and supplies

No experience necessary!

2025 Earth Day on Main
2025-04-26 00:00 - 16:00
Join us on for the 4th Annual Earth Day on Main

Saturday, April 2612pm-4pmin Perrow Park!

The focus of this celebration is to thank our friends and neighbors for all they do to help improve our community through waste reduction, beautification, roadside trash collection, and more! In addition to expressing our appreciation, at Earth Day on Main, you’ll find information about local groups and resources, fun activities for the kids, and other exciting things!

Check the event webpage for a list of this years vendors and educators. We will be adding them as we book them, so check back often!

Open to the public, No RSVP required.

Event is always FREE!

If you would like to participate as a vendor, educator, or craftsman, please contact us via the form on the event webpage.

Perrow Park is the little park on the South end of Main street in downtown Jasper

New Garden Installation: Talking Rock
2025-06-18 11:00 - 15:00
Join us on Wednesday, June 18th to install a brand new Edible Pickens garden in front of the Boxcar Grill and Mary2 Wine Bar (and Talking Rock Brewery). They have 2 built raised beds and 2 in-ground beds that will need to be established. During the install, we will fill the garden beds with bulky compostable items like branches and leaves, etc. and then topsoil. We will also be adding topsoil to the in-ground beds to prepare the area for edible plants. Once the beds are established, we will plant some new plants and seeds, and then top it off with a fresh layer of mulch. We will spread any extra mulch on the ground to walk on.

This is going to be fun! The brewery will be open, some come enjoy an afternoon beer while we work!

Please bring yard waste that you’d like to get rid of to help us fill the raised beds!(like leaves, grass clippings, small branches and limbs less than 2″ in diameter, etc.)

We have some tools, but please bring shovels, pitch forks, and wheel barrows if you have them.

Address:4500 GA-136 W, Talking Rock, GA 30175

Learn about River Cane with Dr. Russell Cutts
2025-07-08 19:00 - 20:00 | Old Mulehouse, 2 N Main St, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
Have you ever heard of River Cane, our native “bamboo” that used to cover over 10 million acres across the US? Rivercane is one of four native North American woody grasses in the Arundinaria genus, which has been unfortunately decimated in recent history, now covering only 2% of its natural area. We are hosting Dr. Russell Cutts on Tuesday, July 8th, to learn about River Cane, an important wildlife habitat to the ancient, 400lb Giant Beaver, and a resource which also holds cultural significance to many Indigenous peoples. He will also be sharing information on how we can revitalize its habitat and save the River Cane species!

The talk will be hosted at the Old Mulehouse, in the back gathering room, starting at 7pm. This talk will directly follow our monthly Board meeting, which occurs at 5:30-6:30pm. If you are interested to sit in and listen to all the exciting things KPB is up to, please come as a guest to our meeting, and stay for the River Cane talk which follows. We hope to see you there!

This is a FREE event.

Help Us Build A Compost Station!
2025-09-13 11:00 - 14:00 | Keep Pickens Beautiful Office, 56 South Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
On Saturday, we will be building a compost system using pallets at the KPB Office Garden, and we’re looking for your help!

We will teach you the importance of composting, how to compost, how to build an inexpensive compost system, and we’ll have fun doing it, together!

These compost bins will be used to collect all of our Edible Pickens garden’s ‘waste’ and turn it into compost that will be put back into our gardens as needed to help them thrive. We will also use them as a location to host composting workshops in the future.

Please join us! We’ll meet at the KPB office at 11am.*No experience necessary.*As always, this event is FREE!

Birds and the Bees And KPB Open House
2026-01-20 17:30 - 19:30
Join us on Tuesday, January 20th for a Birds and the Bees presentation and discussion with Mike Lloyd at The Old Mulehouse starting at 5:30. Mike Lloyd will share his knowledge on Eastern Bluebirds and Bluebird houses, beekeeping, the importance of pollinator gardens and more!

Following the discussion with Mike, stick around for a KPB Open House. Meet our board members, staff, and volunteers. Learn more information about our 2026 programs and projects, and find how you can get more involved. We have something for everyone! Join our KPB Family and do beautiful things for our community.

Eat during this event! You can order food from Pressto! The pop-up restaurant that happens at The Old Mulehouse every Monday and Tuesday night, which includes burgers, hot dogs, milkshakes and more.

Find us in the event room towards the back of the restaurant.

Grow a Garden Workshop Series: Container Gardening
2026-02-08 11:00 - 14:00 | Keep Pickens Beautiful Office, 56 South Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
LEARN HOW TO CONTAINER GARDEN

KPB recently got lots of seeds donated through a program sponsored by the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation, Home Depot, and Ferry Morse Seeds. We are now offering a new educational series to teach you how to grow your own food, with information on soil choices, composting, fertilizing, plant choice, container options, and more. We are applying for grants to fund this program, so as funds are available, we will provide all the materials for your new garden! We received our first grant from the Pickens Community Resource Association, funded by the sales at The Community Thrift Store.

In this workshop, you will learn how to garden in a container. This is an excellent option if you want to grow food but do not have the space. You can garden on a balcony, inside your house, or anywhere you can find the space. We will teach you how to get the most out of each container by using companion planting techniques and how to care for this mini garden. You’ll go home with the containers, soil, seeds, and more to begin growing your own fresh food.

No experience necessary.All ages.This is a FREE EVENT.

Community Seed Swap
2026-02-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Pickens County Library, 100 Library Lane, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
We are hosting a Community Seed Swap at the Pickens County Library for everyone to come out and share their seeds with each other.

Do you save seeds from your plants? Do you have extras from last years garden that you never planted? Did you buy too many and have some left over? Do you have seeds and want to share them? Join us at the seed swap!

Bring seeds, take seeds, and meet other gardeners! Share tips, ask questions, be inspired.

We will provide envelopes to take seeds home with you, with labels to fill out, all you have to do is bring your seeds.

Don’t have seeds but want some? You’re welcome to join as well.

See you there!

Grow A Garden Workshop Series: Build A Raised Bed
2026-02-22 11:00 - 16:00 | Keep Pickens Beautiful Office, 56 South Main Street, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
BUILD A RAISED BED

RESCHEDULED FROM JANUARY 31ST (DUE TO WEATHER)

KPB recently got lots of seeds donated through a program sponsored by the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation, Home Depot, and Ferry Morse Seeds. We are now offering a new educational series to teach you how to grow your own food, with information on soil choices, composting, fertilizing, plant choice, container options, and more. We are applying for grants to fund this program, so as funds are available, we will provide all the materials for your new garden! You’ll go home with the containers, soil, seeds, and more to begin growing your own fresh food. We received our first grant from the Pickens Community Resource Association, funded by the sales at The Community Thrift Store.

For this specific workshop, we will focus on building a new raised garden bed right here at the KPB Office. We will teach you how to fill the new bed with a special “lasagna layering” technique to set up the soil for a productive growing environment, and we will also explain how and where to plant new seeds and seedlings. We will also build a trellis frame on the raised bed (time permitting). You will go home with a seed starter kit to grow your own garden with!

No experience necessary.All ages.This is a FREE EVENT.

Grow A Garden Workshop Series: In-Ground Gardening
2026-02-28 11:00 - 14:00 | Kirby Quinton Historic Cabin (next to the Old Jail at the North end of Main Street), 141 North Main Street, Jasper, GA, 30143, United States
LEARN HOW TO GROW A NEW IN-GROUND GARDEN

KPB recently got lots of seeds donated through a program sponsored by the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation, Home Depot, and Ferry Morse Seeds. We are now offering a new educational series to teach you how to grow your own food, with information on soil choices, composting, fertilizing, plant choice, container options, and more. We are applying for grants to fund this program, so as funds are available, we will provide all the materials for your new garden! You’ll go home with the containers, soil, seeds, and more to begin growing your own fresh food. We received our first grant from the Pickens Community Resource Association, funded by the sales at The Community Thrift Store.

For this specific workshop, we will focus on building a new in-ground garden. We will show you how to choose the right location, how to remove what’s currently growing there, if needed, how to prep the soil with cardboard, compost, mulch, etc. We will also teach you how to care for this garden and certain plants, as far as watering, feeding, etc.

No experience necessary.All ages.This is a FREE EVENT.

Litter-O-Lympics 2026
2026-03-07 08:00 - 2026-04-18 20:00
This year, Litter-O-Lympics will happen at your own pace during the Greatest American Cleanup & America’s 250th Anniversary Celebration. It kicks off at our first group litter cleanup event on March 7th and runs all the way until April 18th, when we will celebrate Earth Day on Main!

Learn more on the official Litter-O-Lympics webpage

GAC Litter Cleanup
2026-03-07 10:00 - 12:00
CLEANUP ROUTE

North Main Street from Revolution Church towards Old Philadelphia Road

Please join us for this year’s Great American Cleanup! For America’s 250th Birthday, we will be hosting a litter cleanup event every Saturday in March, focusing on a different area of Pickens County each weekend. If you’ve been curious to volunteer with us, this is a great intro activity! Get some exercise, make some friends, and leave the place more beautiful than you found it. We promise, you will feel great afterward!

This event kicks off the start of the Litter-O-Lympics! Earn extra points towards the competition for attending this, and all group litter cleanups!

Parking instructions: Park at Revolution Church – 689 North Main Street

Clean-up kit will be provided.All ages welcome.No experience needed.Weather permitting.

Register now!

Recycle Your Old TV
2026-03-14 11:00 - 16:00 | pickens county recycle center, 390 Appalachian Court, Jasper, Georgia, 30143, United States
We will be collecting those old CRT TVs that are collecting dust in your basement, CRT TVs – FREE OF CHARGE!

Where are your TVs going? For the past few years, KPB has worked with NOVUS solutions. They have a facility in Marietta that properly and safely recycles those old CRT monitors. We’ll collect them and package them for NOVUS to pick up and safely transport to their facility.

Hard-To-Recycle Items Event
2026-03-14 11:00 - 16:00
Do you wish you could recycle Styrofoam? How about florescent tube lights??? On March 14th, KPB is hosting a “Hard-to-Recycle” items event at the Pickens County Recycle Center (on Appalachian Court) from 11am-4pm where we will collect these hard to recycle items and recycle them for you.

Where are your ‘hard to recycle’ materials going? CHARM is a recycling facility in Atlanta that accepts a wide range of materials, so we will take your items there for you since it’s a bit of a drive from here, to save you the drive. 😁🚚♻️

Items that will be accepted*:

StyrofoamFlorescent tube lights**Corrugated plastic signsShrink wrap(FREE OF CHARGE)

This event will kickoff the Great American Cleanup months of March and April! Check out our Calendar for scheduled events, and keep an eye on our socials for upcoming events to help us celebrate the 2025 Great American Cleanup.

*We will have one truck on site for the materials. We will only accept what will fit; once the truck is full, no more materials will be accepted. Get there early! **tube lights – up to 5 free; additional $0.50 each

GAC Litter Cleanup
2026-03-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Yellow Creek Church, 1276 Yellow Creek Road, Jasper, Georgia, 30143
CLEANUP ROUTE

Yellow Creek Road

Please join us for this year’s Great American Cleanup! For America’s 250th Birthday, we will be hosting a litter cleanup event every Saturday in March, focusing on a different area of Pickens County each weekend. If you’ve been curious to volunteer with us, this is a great intro activity! Get some exercise, make some friends, and leave the place more beautiful than you found it. We promise, you will feel great afterward!

Earn extra points towards the Litter-O-Lympics competition for attending this, and all group litter cleanups!

Clean-up kit will be provided.Meet at Yellow Creek Church at 10:00 – 1276 Yellow Creek Road.All ages welcome.No experience needed.Weather permitting.

Register now!

GAC Litter Cleanup
2026-03-28 10:00 - 12:00
CLEANUP ROUTE

Jerusalem Church Road

Please join us for this year’s Great American Cleanup! For America’s 250th Birthday, we will be hosting a litter cleanup event every Saturday in March, focusing on a different area of Pickens County each weekend. If you’ve been curious to volunteer with us, this is a great intro activity! Get some exercise, make some friends, and leave the place more beautiful than you found it. We promise, you will feel great afterward!

Earn extra points towards the Litter-O-Lympics competition for attending this, and all group litter cleanups!

Clean-up kit will be provided.Parking instructions will be announced before event.All ages welcome.No experience needed.Weather permitting.

Register now!

Edible Pickens Garden Planting - Cabin & Peace Park
2026-04-04 11:00 - 14:00 | Kirby Quinton Historic Cabin (next to the Old Jail at the North end of Main Street), 141 North Main Street, Jasper, GA, 30143, United States
Volunteer in our Edible Pickens Gardens every weekend in April as part of the Greatest American Cleanup For America’s 250th!

Our first Edible Pickens workshop in April will happen in the historic Kirby-Quinton Cabin garden and the Peace Park garden at the north end of Main Street in downtown Jasper. We will do some garden maintenance, like weeding, pruning and fertilizing existing plants, while also adding new seeds and some new plant babies in each garden. Adding a fresh layer of mulch at the end will not only make these gardens look cleaned up, but will also help hold in moisture and nutrients to help the garden thrive!

No experience necessary.All ages, bring the family!Tools and water will be provided.Just show up and have some fun with us!Parking is best on Mark Whitfield St. next to the Natural Marketplace

Edible Pickens Garden Planting - Lee Newton Memorial Garden
2026-04-11 11:00 - 14:00 | Lee Newton Memorial Park, Jasper, Ga, 599 Stegall Dr, Jasper, Georgia, 30143
Volunteer in our Edible Pickens Gardens every weekend in April as part of the Greatest American Cleanup For America’s 250th!

Our second Edible Pickens workshop in April will happen at the Lee Newton Park Memorial Garden near the Chamber of Commerce Building. We will do some garden maintenance, like weeding, pruning and fertilizing existing plants, while also adding new seeds and some new plant babies in each garden. Adding a fresh layer of mulch at the end will not only make these gardens look cleaned up, but will also help hold in moisture and nutrients to help the garden thrive!

No experience necessary.All ages, bring the family!Tools and water will be provided.Just show up and have some fun with us!Parking is easy! Park anywhere in the parking lot and walk over past the Chamber of Commerce building.
